Vegetable peeler



y 1935- J. HERLY VEGETABLE PEELER Filed April 4, 1954 srras FFIQEVEGETABLE PEELER JackHerly, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application April 4, 1934, Serial No. 718,943

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in vegetable peelers and refersmore particularly to paring and peeling knives, in which the cuttingedge is provided by a safety razor blade detach- 5 ably held in place.

It is an object of this invention to provide simplified means forsecuring the blade in position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a paring and peelingdevice of the character described, wherein the blade is fiexedlongitudinally and its normal resiliency is utilized to hold the bladeretaining means in position.

And a further object of this invention is to provide a paring andpeeling device of the character described in which the. cutting edge ofthe blade is exposed by a slot cut into the holding member at the cornerof two meeting surfaces thereof, and in which the corner defined by thetwo meeting surfaces affords a positive stop to definitely locate thecutting edge of the blade with respect to the side edges of the slot.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds,

my invention resides in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and moreparticularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood thatsuch changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed inventionmay be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples and in which:

thereof,

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a peeling and paring knife embodyingthis invention, completely assembled and ready for use;

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross section view through Figure 1 on the planeof the line 2-2;

and

Figure 3 is a perspective yiew of the device with its several elementsdisassambled.

one end of which a blade holder 6 projects.

The

holder 6 is formed from a single piece of stiff sheet metal bentlongitudinally to provide two angularly disposed walls I and 8, theangle between the walls being slightly greater right angle.

than a The wall 1! is relatively narrow and provides a flat guardsurface, while the other wall 8 is wider than a conventional two edgedrazor blade and is curved longitudinally to provide a curved bladesupporting surface. 5

The corner 9, formed by the juncture of the two walls l and 3, is cutaway by a slot ill throughout a portion of its length, to afford accessto the cutting edge ll of a razor blade i2, held against the inner faceof the curved supporting wall 8. The slot it] is shorter than the bladel2, so that the ends of its cutting edge may engage the corner 8, asshown in Figure 1.. In this manner, the cutting edge of the blade isdefinitely located with respect to the side edges l5 it of the slottothus determine the depth of the cut.

The blade 52 is held in place against the inner face of the curvedsupporting wall 8 by a retainer I 4 curved longitudinally to correspondto the curvature of the wall 8 and provided at its outer ends withattaching lugs E5. The attaching lugs l5 are bent rearwardly to bedisposed substantially perpendicular to the major axis of the retainer Il and are adapted to be passed through openings iii in the blade, forengagement in openings H in the wall 3.

The openings l? are shaped somewhat like keyholes with wide and narrowportions 58 and i9 respectively, and the attaching lugs 55 aresubstantially T-shaped with wide outer ends and narrow necks 2B. Therelative sizes of the lugs and the openings H are such that the wideportions of the lugs may be passed through the wide portions it of theopenings and upon longitudinal shifting of the retainer toward thehandle 5, the necks 2H of the lugs will enter the narrow portions l 9 ofthe openings to secure the retainer and consequently the blade againstfiatwise movement away from the inner face of the wall 8. 40

. Inasmuch as the wall 8 is longitudinally curved, it is evident thatthe blade I 2 must be flexed longitudinally to permit locking engagementof the retainer lugs in the openings ll. Through this fiexure of theblade, the normal resiliency thereof is utilized to frictionally holdthe retainer in its operative position.

During use, the peelings removed from the vegetable or fruit, passthrough the slot ll up and over the front of the blade, as will bereadily apparent.

To remove the blade, it is only necessary to slide the retainer awayfrom the handle and align the lugs with the wide portions l8 of theopenings, whereupon the retainer and the blade are readily removable.

The extreme outer end of the holder 6 is preferably pointed as at 2|, toprovide means for digging into the vegetables to remove localizedportions thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art, that this invention provides a novel peeling and paring deviceof general utility, and that it particularly ailords simple means forreadily detachably securing a razor blade in position to provide thecutting edge therefor.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a vegetable peeling and paring device of the character described,a blade holder comprising a single piece of sheet metal bentlongitudinally to provide two angularly disposed walls, both of saidwalls being cut away adjacent the corner formed by the juncture of saidwalls to provide a slot extending longitudinally of the holder, one ofsaid Walls being curved longitudinally, a removable resilient bladelonger than said slot overlying the inner face of said curved wall withthe ends of its cutting edge engaging said corner beyond the ends of theslot and the medial portion of the cutting edge extending longitudinallyacross said slot, the other wall forming a guard lying wholly above theinner face of the blade, and a blade retainer overlying said resilientblade and detachably secured to the curved wall to hold the bladedirectly against the curved surfaces of said wall, whereby the blade isflexed and the resiliency thereof frictionally holds the retainer in itsoperative position.

2. In a vegetable peeling and paring device of the character described,a blade holder having substantially angularly disposed walls, one ofwhich forms a guide surface and the other a support for a blade, thewall forming the support for the blade being curved longitudinally, anda portion of the corner formed by the juncture of said walls being cutaway to define a longitudinal slot of a length less than a conventionalsafety razor blade, a flexible resilient safety razor blade overlyingthe inner face of said curved supporting wall with the end portions of acutting edge thereof engaging the corner at the juncture of said walls,and means to readily detachably hold the blade against the inner face ofsaid curved supporting wall with the blade correspondingly curved andunder tension comprising a retainer having a portion arranged to overliethe blade, and an attaching lug adapted to pass through an opening inthe blade for interengagement with an opening in the curved supportingwall, said attaching lug having a wide outer portion and a narrow neckand the opening in the supporting wall having wide and narrow portions,so that operative interengagement between the blade retainer and thesupporting wall is effected by shifting the retainer with respect to thewall.

3. In a vegetable paring and peeling device, a handle, a blade holder onthe handle and comprising a single piece of sheet metal bentlongitudinally to provide two substantially angularly disposed adjacentwalls, one of which is flat and slot and with the medial portion of saidcutting edge extending longitudinally across the slot, and a readilydetachable blade retainer overlying the inner surfacev of the blade andattached to the curved wall of the holder to detachably secure the bladeto said curved wall flexed in correspondence to the curvature of saidcurved wall.

JACK HERLYL

